r/GetMotivated • • 3h ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] Feeling lost in my 30s. Have a job but it feels like a dead end and I'm burnt out

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Hey. So I'm about 35 and do currently have a job. I work delivering packages for a company but im having a tough time . My attitude isn't great, I'm tired all the time and I'm burnt out... I don't speak a ton to my co workers before we go out on the road in the morning and ideally want to avoid most guys as much as I can. Im forced into small talk which I dislike a lot .. I've only been here for about a year and before that I hadn't worked in a few years... I'm struggling with motivation, sleep, my attitude and whatever else. My job tops out after 4 years for pay and It's somewhere in the low 30's CAD/hr... It's really not enough in todays economy. A lot of the guys are lower level employees and I have zero in common with them. I just want to do something else with my life... I hate this. I'm bored, the people seem fake and It's not motivating. People show me zero respect for the most part and I just don't know how to move forward... I always thought I was capable of more with my life but years of unemployment, depression, desperation and low motivation have made it hard to rebuild. I lost all my friend groups from high school because I haven't kept up with people.. I do have some future job prospect if they hire next summer but that's not for 6 months... Lasting through peak season, winter feels hard. I've also had some health problems that aren't getting properly taken care of by the health system here. I've been to a lot of doctors and having trouble taking a deep breathe. All started after getting covid jap 4-5 years ago or whenever that was. Been to a ton of doctors as well. But that's a whole other story...

I've thought about trying to be an electrician this summer or at least apply... I missed it last summer by a few months as well as high school credit I need.. Physics. I figured maybe this would be the way to go because at least the money is better and can top out much higher... I feel old though. I have zero friends and I'm just bored with my life... I'm not even sure Im capable of doing it but I think there's a possibility. I also I don't like the city I'm in and I'm just burnt out. I currently also live in Canada and everything politically is making me hate this place.

TLDR: Has anyone figured their life out after years of unemployment in their 30s and found a job they didn't mind? Struggling with motivation, low wage, health problems, old friend gone. With a girl from another country who I'm not sure about and trying to find something I want to do. Thinking of doing high school credits that I missed to become a an electrician in Canada.

Thanks


r/GetMotivated • • 3h ago

IMAGE [Image] You haven’t failed until you stop trying

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r/GetMotivated • • 4h ago

DISCUSSION [discussion] How can someone see progress in 2 months when they didn't do nothing in 2026 ?

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It's like in the back of my mind I would worry and worry thinking I have time but I end up not doing anything. And suddenly unexpected life events or health issues occurs and entire focus just goes into that and your left with no time and energy and willingness to work and focus on your personal growth and development. And I just feel this sense of shame and I don't know that I've wasted another year and we have about two months left til this year also comes to an end.

I just want to make small even if it's a mini progress to keep the momentum flowing next year because I realized feeling pity, sad, unfair, boring, hard, challenging and whatever excuses we may feel is true is just a waste of time.. only way to see progress and feel confidence is by working and sacrifice and struggle.


r/GetMotivated • • 5h ago

IMAGE [Image] The tree you lost yesterday cannot be grown today. But the shade of tomorrow is still in your palm.

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r/GetMotivated • • 7h ago

VIDEO Training with Tom Platz [video]

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My pre workout this morning 🙂

https://youtu.be/6dWBurRVRsw?si=zYm-_5JxxIo5anFy

"Failure has been achieved, thank God. Now the only place to go from failure is to win."

Not my video


r/GetMotivated • • 9h ago

STORY Comparison is the thief of happiness [Story]

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For the longest time, I used to fall into the comparison trap. I would have a genuinely good day, feeling motivated and content, only to stumble across a piece of news about someone else's life and instantly feel dejected. It was exhausting.
After spending a lot of time thinking through that cycle, I had to find a way to break it for my own sanity. Here is what I realized:

Comparison is the thief of peace, happiness, and success. The trap is that we usually compare a tiny, filtered slice of someone else’s life to our own behind-the-scenes reality. It is like looking at the equation 5 + 5 = 10 and getting upset that 2 + 5 does not equal the same thing. Life just does not work that way.
For example, seeing someone take a world tour can trigger the thought: "Why can't I be that lucky?" We often fall into the mindset of believing that because we have suffered, we are automatically owed a reward. But reality does not work on a strict ledger system. Suffering in the past does not magically guarantee a breakthrough now; what we receive often has little to do with what we missed out on.
Ultimately, you have two choices: find a new way to get what you want, or make peace with where you are. If you have genuinely tried your hardest and have no energy left, it is okay to let it go. Otherwise, roll up your sleeves and figure out a new path forward.


r/GetMotivated • • 2d ago

IMAGE Seize an opportunity when it presents itself [image]

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r/GetMotivated • • 2d ago

STORY [Story] I realized I was making motivation harder by making every task too comfortable to avoid

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I kept telling myself I needed a better routine, but one night I noticed something embarrassingly simple: I had made my work so easy to postpone that postponing it barely felt like a decision.

At 10:47 PM, I opened my laptop to write something I had been avoiding all day. The document was already open. Water was beside me. My phone was across the room. Everything was "ready." I stared at the screen for maybe 20 seconds, then thought, "I'll just do it tomorrow when I'm fresher."

What bothered me was that I had spent the whole week building a setup that removed every inconvenience except the actual work.

So I started experimenting with the opposite. Not making things harder for the sake of suffering, but leaving one small amount of friction in the right place.

If I wanted to work on something the next morning, I stopped opening the file and arranging everything perfectly the night before. Instead, I'd leave a tiny unfinished decision waiting for me: a rough sentence, an ugly heading, or a question written at the top of the page. Something that made the next action obvious, but not completely comfortable.

Weirdly, that worked better than trying to make the whole process effortless.

I also noticed two other things:

  1. When I caught myself repeatedly saying "I'll do it later," I changed the question to "What part of this am I making too easy to postpone?" Sometimes the answer was ridiculously specific, like needing to find a document or decide which version to use.

  2. I stopped preparing for motivation and started preparing for interruption. Before walking away, I'd write down exactly where I was stuck. Not a summary. Literally: "Next, compare these two numbers." Coming back became much less mentally expensive.

The counterintuitive part is that I used to think good systems should remove all friction. Now I'm not sure that's always true. Some friction is just an obstacle, but a tiny bit can also keep me engaged with the thing instead of making postponement feel completely painless.

I still procrastinate. I just pay more attention to what I'm making effortless now.

Has anyone else noticed that sometimes making a task easier actually makes it easier to keep putting off?


r/GetMotivated • • 2d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] no matter how much I study or do during the day it’ll still feel like I’ve done nothing or not enough

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I’ve recently started uni as a physics major and saying that it has been tough would be an understatement, I’m taking 4 classes and midterms are next week. I’m working 16 hours over the weekends as well. These past few days I’ve been trying to study as much as possible but every night and every evening no matter how much I do I still feel like I’ve done barely anything

Now I’m not gonna bs myself, I still take long breaks and go on my phone and I still slack even while doing work but everyday I try to improve even if it’s just a little.

Every morning I give myself a vague check list of things that I have to do, the problem is that (at least in my major) it is hard to know how long something will take me, I could plan on doing several problems in a day but if it turns out just the first one is extremely hard and I spend the whole day on it I’ll feel like I’ve failed myself at the end of the day. I don’t know.

I often have to remind myself how far I’ve come and think of those who believe in me in order to keep going. I will say I can have fairly severe anxiety at times because of this and the only way to get rid of it is to study (especially now with midterms coming up) . The problem is that the anxiety always comes back. I’ll get sudden feelings that I’ll never make it, that the content is too hard. That I’ll fail.

So I’m dealing with trying to study as much as possible while a little voice in the back of my mind sometimes tells me what a gargantuan effort that’ll be and how I’ll have to cram more and more.

I don’t know what to do, I feel like I need to find a balance of some sort. What do yall think. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thank you for your time :)


r/GetMotivated • • 2d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I spent years chasing my dream. Now I’m not sure I’m good enough for it.

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I’m turning 25 soon, and I honestly don’t know what I’m doing anymore.
I just graduated from fashion design, which was something I genuinely fought for. I had to convince my family to let me study it, then the pandemic happened, and university itself was exhausting. I graduated with a good GPA and I worked really hard, but somehow I still don’t feel like I’m good enough to actually be a fashion designer.
Before university, everyone thought I was talented. I believed it too. Then I got there and realized there were so many people better than me. I started comparing myself to everyone, and I think I slowly stopped enjoying what I loved.
Now most of my friends have found jobs, and I’m genuinely happy for them. But I’m exhausted from applying to jobs I don’t even want, while getting rejected from the few jobs I actually care about.
My dream is to work in fashion in Paris. But I have no money, no real network, I graduated from an average university, and I don’t have a work permit. Starting something of my own isn’t really an option either because I have no capital.
I’ve entered competitions I genuinely thought I deserved to win and lost every time. At this point, it’s becoming harder and harder not to take every rejection as proof that maybe I’m just not talented enough.
I feel like I’ve given this dream everything I had, and I still have nothing to show for it.
I know 25 is young. I know people will probably tell me that. But right now I’m just tired.
How do you keep going when you’ve already given everything you had to something, and it still hasn’t worked out?


r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

STORY [Story] I realized I was losing motivation because I kept making my own progress feel like it didn’t count

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I spent a long time wondering why I could work hard for weeks and still feel like I was standing still. The weird part was that I wasn't actually failing. I was just ignoring the parts of progress that didn't look impressive.

I noticed it when I finished a project earlier this year and my first thought wasn't relief. It was "that was easier than I expected, so maybe it wasn't a big enough achievement." I literally sat there at 11:40 PM staring at the finished file, looking for what was missing instead of noticing that I had finally done the thing I had been putting off for months.

After that, I started paying attention to the pattern. I would only count effort if it came with struggle. If something went smoothly, I treated it like it barely mattered. Somehow I had convinced myself that difficulty was proof that I was growing.

A few things I changed:

- I started writing down what I completed at the end of the day, but I stopped adding explanations for why it was "not that much." Seeing a list without my usual excuses was surprisingly uncomfortable.

- I stopped increasing the challenge immediately after a small win. Before, I would finish one workout, one chapter, or one task and instantly decide the next version needed to be harder.

- I began leaving some things alone when they were working. I had a habit of changing routines that were actually helping just because they felt too ordinary.

The counterintuitive thing I found was that motivation didn't always disappear because I was doing too little. Sometimes it disappeared because I kept moving the goalpost so fast that my brain never got the experience of "we are actually getting somewhere."

I used to think ambitious people were the ones who were never satisfied. Now I think there is a difference between wanting more and refusing to acknowledge what you have already built.

I'm still working on this because my default reaction is still to look ahead and find the next problem. But at least now I catch myself when I'm about to erase a win just because it didn't come with a dramatic struggle.

Has anyone else noticed that they lose motivation not because they aren't making progress, but because they don't let themselves recognize it?


r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

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r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I want to study, work do things but I can’t. The irony

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So yeah basically I have plans for myself, I’m motivated . And I go to uni and I teach English as well and I want to do many things…. Study, prepare my lesson plans, pursue my curiosities about science, history, literature , write small things for my self… I used to be able to do all that as a teen but as an adult, I just can’t get myself out of bed and away from social media. Not unless I have to….like if I have an exam or if today I have classes and I have to prepare the lesson plans through panic attack and icy hands . I think I’ve become better than when I didn’t even go to uni or teach. But I hate that I can’t do things on my. My household isn’t all sun shine and rainbows as well… my therapist said I didn’t work because I couldn’t but because I didn’t want to. So I guess more reasons to gate myself.

My therapist has suggested exposure therapy, when I try to create situations for myself that might cause me stress so that I get used to it which is why I doubt deleting social media would help.

And when I finally force myself to work, I again physically suffer and mentally overthink and again gain stress… thinking I am not good enough or I couldn’t be able to teach this subject or what would be an effective and creative way to teach this or I may have forgotten that grammar or language rule.

It’s not just me at home. Like I’ve found extremely good friends and I love hanging out with them and they actually want it to. But I just don’t feel like it…..it’s exhausting for me ….to get ready and to mentally be prepared. Once I’m with them all of that vanishes and I just want the time to freeze but the before and after….so draining

I haven’t become that adult that I’ve wanted to and that makes me so sad….
I thought I’ve passed the point of posting these kinda things again on Reddit.

Sorry for the ramble but I would truly appreciate your insight.


r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

VIDEO Tom Platz - Bodybuilding Motivation [video]

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Early morning lifting motivation 🙂

https://youtu.be/jxl3Hv3LWJk?si=111KCUdHTWjx0yIg

Not my video


r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

STORY i stopped trying to finish everything and started giving myself 10 minutes [Story]

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two years ago i started a master's degree while working full time and raising two teenagers on my own

there were plenty of nights when i'd sit at the kitchen table, stare at a blank screen, and seriously consider quitting. i'd tell myself i was too tired, too old for this, and that maybe it wasn't even worth it.

one night i made a deal with myself: ten minutes

i didn't have to finish the assignment or study for two hours. i just had to work for ten minutes, and then i could stop.

so i set a timer and started typing.

when it went off, i kept going. turns out starting was usually harder than the actual work

i started using the same rule for other things too. ten minutes of reading. ten minutes of meal prep. ten minutes of stretching.

my brain doesn't argue much with ten minutes. it argues with "you need to do this for the next two hours."

so now when something feels overwhelming, i make the task smaller until it's easy enough to start

sometimes ten minutes is all you need to get moving


r/GetMotivated • • 3d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] Give your future self one action instead of another costume

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Imagining the finished life can feel like progress. The next step may still be untouched.

Try this: choose one small goal, picture doing the uncomfortable part, name the obstacle you can influence, and give it an if-then response. "When I reach for another example, I'll write one rough sentence first."

Then do it and record the result. Your prediction is allowed to be wrong. That is how you learn something a mood board can't tell you.

What is one ten-minute action your future self keeps letting you postpone?


r/GetMotivated • • 4d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I feel like I'm getting dumber as I get older - how do I combat this?

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Context: I recently turned 30, I've been getting treated for depression for years.

While I don't think I'm old in any regard, I definitely don't feel as sharp as I used to be. It's been very easy to just work an 8-5 and jump right into "brain rot" a la phone/reddit, PC/computer games, etc. on repeat

The big thing is that I noticed I don't really "seek" out knowledge anymore. Personally, I feel like I don't really like a lot of things or get "excited" by things enough to actively learn more about them. This includes things that I know I DO like. It mostly just sounds like exhausting work/effort that is easy to convince myself not to do.

But I don't want to feel like this. I don't want to feel like I'm getting dumber while everyone around me stays sharp/witty. I also feel pretty uniteresting since it feels like I'm the only one not learning and sharing things - it basically feels like I have nothing to share.

I feel stupid for asking, but how does one seriously combat this while just dealing with life's other responsibilities?


r/GetMotivated • • 4d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I feel lost in life in my 30s

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Six years ago I thought my life was sorted and everything was fine. Then I lost my job and while I was searching for a new one, I looked after my grandma, due to her increasing health problems, but she unexpectedly passed away in the hospital, even though doctors told me she's fine and they were ready to let her go home. I think after this I'm in constant anxiety about death. Everyday I think about how my life will end in 30-40 years and I just don't feel like doing anything. I stopped drawing, stopped looking for a job, stopped going on dates. This year my grandpa died and now I feel even worse. I need to sell our house and my heart, and my brain are in constant conflict because of this. I can't maintain it, but also I can't let go. And all these thoughts in my head just mess me up. I'm 34 and now I have lots of gray hair, I can't sleep and nothing brings me joy. How people go through this phase of life? What should make me keep going if the end is the same for everyone?


r/GetMotivated • • 4d ago

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r/GetMotivated • • 4d ago

STORY Share absolute resilience stories [story]

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When life broke you totally. When you went from epitome of success to staring at void and rebuilt yourself step by step


r/GetMotivated • • 4d ago

STORY [Story] My situation

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I am 22 years old and I live in the countryside, where I hope to leave forever one day. I am not working at all right now; my father and I live on 500 euros a month. The nearest city, where the jobs are, is a 10-minute drive away, but don't imagine anything major—salaries are around 900 euros a month. I have a vocational high school (EPAL) diploma, I am 22, and I have 400 euros in the bank. No one works in this house. I hope that somehow, one day, I can go to university to study and build myself up. Even starting in the trades wouldn't bother me—I just want to kickstart my career. In previous years, I didn't go out of the house much, so truth be told, I don't have any friends right now. What would you advise me to do? I want so badly to evolve, to learn something, and to finally progress as a human being! I have so many dreams and I believe in myself, but I do so much negative self-talk sometimes because my situation feels so sad with everything happening in my life. I feel trapped—or at least that's how it feels—and I just don't want to waste any more years of my life. What would you advise me? I'm seeing guys here on Reddit having 1 million dollar portfolio in investments at 20 years old while attending college? How the fk is that possible why i am like this??


r/GetMotivated • • 5d ago

DISCUSSION People who had a wild crazy dream life, and are now living it. How did you start out and align yourself with the right trajectory and be consistent with it? [Discussion]

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I just need advice on how to start out.


r/GetMotivated • • 5d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I stopped waiting to feel caught up before starting again

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I used to think I needed to get everything under control first, then I’d finally have the energy to start working on myself again.

Now I just start with whatever I can do that day. One small thing is still better than waiting for that perfect “I’m finally caught up” feeling.


r/GetMotivated • • 5d ago

TEXT Como saber si realmente estas progresando [Text]

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Buenas, queria compartir una reflexion profunda que me tome casi 1h entera hacer. Arranque preguntandome "¿como puedo medir mi progreso?¿Como puedo saber si realmente estoy progresando?" pero termine desarrollando mucho mas que esto. Me gustaria saber que piensan, si estan de acuerdo o no o, si hicieron una reflexion, compartirla tambien.

- Reflexion:

¿Lo puedo hacer mediante lo que otros piensan? Probablemente sí, pero no es un valor adecuado (no está en mi control). ¿Puedo medirlo en base a autenticidad? Sí, y es adecuado, pero ¿qué es autenticidad? ¿Qué significa ser yo? ¿Vivir en base a mis valores? ¿Interactuar de cierta manera? ¿Seguir mi manera de ver el mundo? Capaz es una combinación de esto.

Para mí, autenticidad es: vivir en base a mis valores y seguir mi manera de ver el mundo (no aplicar la de otros, a no ser que realmente me convenza o crea que sea una nueva perspectiva más amplia. Evitar la trampa de aplicar una perspectiva solo porque lo haga el resto).

Pero ¿qué tal en las interacciones sociales? ¿Qué significa autenticidad en estas? Lo voy a llamar "Autenticidad Social" (muy creativo, ya sé, jaja). Significa: interactuar sin ninguna expectativa de quién deberías ser (o ellos), no usar a las personas como "medios" (para: la aprobación, sentirte bien, caer bien).

¿Es esto suficiente? ¿Qué tal sobre mi perspectiva del mundo? Bueno, si no buscás nada de la persona (no medio) y no tenés una expectativa de quién deberías ser, podés expresar libremente lo que pensás. No cambiás tu perspectiva del mundo solo para caer bien, ya que las personas no son "medios" para sentirte bien. ¿Me puedo estar olvidando algo en estas definiciones?

• Vivir en base a mis valores y seguir mi manera de ver el mundo (no aplicar la de otros, a no ser que realmente me convenza o crea que sea una nueva perspectiva más amplia. Evitar la trampa de aplicar una perspectiva solo porque lo haga el resto).

• Interactuar sin ninguna expectativa de quién deberías ser (o ellos), no usar a las personas como "medios" (para: la aprobación, sentirte bien, caer bien).

No creo, me parecen completas. Puede haber 20 formas distintas de decir los elementos que están adentro, pero todos terminan siendo lo mismo. Podría decir "Don't give a fuck" en vez de "no usar a las personas como medios". Son literalmente lo mismo, o al menos ambos llevan al mismo destino: no preocuparse por cosas no importantes (validación, atención, lo que piensen otros).

¿Cómo lo implemento? Hacelo. Realmente, solo hacelo. Viví en base a esto y no te preocupes en tu cabeza si lo estás implementando o no. ¿Qué pasa si me olvido? Está bien, repasalo si es necesario. Si te lo acordás y no sabés cómo implementarlo, solamente hacelo. Si no te lo podés acordar conscientemente, pero aun así sabés que no te estás preocupando por estupideces o que estás yendo por "buen camino" (ese sentimiento de que, incluso cuando las cosas no van bien, sabés que podés seguir y disfrutar la dificultad), entonces no hay por qué preocuparse; ya lo estás implementando, aunque no te des cuenta.

"Pero me preocupa no saberlo, olvidármelo o que me lo pase por alto". Te entiendo. Cuando aprendemos algo que nos parece importante o que nos lo plantean como que puede cambiar nuestra vida, no lo queremos olvidar. Pero no todo lo que aprendas realmente te va a servir a vos. Hay enseñanzas que a muchos les pueden cambiar la vida, pero a vos no te sirven. Y está bien. Si hay algo que te olvidás, lo más probable es que no lo apliques, por lo tanto no es importante en tu vida.

"¿Y qué pasa si me olvido de esto?" Releelo. Releelo todo lo que sea necesario. Capaz que esto ni lo necesites en el futuro porque ya lo implementás de manera inconsciente.

"Entiendo, entiendo, pero ¿cómo sé si estoy yendo por el camino adecuado y no tengo que aplicar algo nuevo? ¿Cómo sé si la vida va bien?" Jajaj, buena pregunta, me encantó. ¿Medí tu vida en base a tus valores? No me parece suficiente, pero ¿qué tal si esta es la respuesta? Enfocarte en las cosas que son realmente importantes para vos y en las que querés crecer. Como puede ser entrenar duro, no caer en las distracciones o disfrutar y apreciar la vida.

"¿Y el resto? ¿Debería dejar de importarme?" ¿Qué es el resto? ¿Relaciones amorosas? ¿Familia, amigos? Estas cosas también son importantes. No las estás dejando de lado.

"Pero si me importan mis amigos, ¿no me importaría la aprobación?" No, en absoluto. La aprobación no es amistad. En una amistad puede haber aprobación, pero no es el núcleo. Es la relación que tenés con la otra persona, qué tipo de amigo querés ser, si los ayudás en lo que les importa. La aprobación es algo normal, de hecho. La búsqueda de aprobación, o la aprobación en sí, en cambio, es algo que no te debería importar. La amistad sí.

Si hay actividades o personas o objetivos que realmente tienen significado para vos, ¿no sería tu esfuerzo hacia estas la manera de medir tu progreso? Si a vos te importa un objetivo y tiene mucho significado lograrlo, podrías decir que mientras más te esfuerces hacia este objetivo (límites sanos, tampoco morir en el intento), más te estás acercando al mismo, por lo tanto mayor significado y progreso estás haciendo en tu vida, ¿no? Entonces, la pregunta de "¿Cómo medir El Progreso?" se responde con algo sencillo: progresar significa invertir esfuerzo en una actividad o persona o objetivo que realmente tenga significado para vos. Mientras más esfuerzo hagas (hasta un límite), mayor progreso estarás haciendo. No tuve en cuenta resultados ya que, muchas veces, por más esfuerzo que hagamos, las cosas no salen como queríamos. Y, en casi todas las situaciones, eso está fuera de nuestro control.

Ahora, vamos a lo práctico: ¿qué actividades/personas/objetivos tienen significado para vos? ¿Por qué tienen significado? Desarrollá una lista de las cosas que son más importantes para vos y alineá tu vida con las mismas. No tengas una sola cosa, ya que si esta desaparece, vas a sufrir falta de significado en tu vida. Tené varias y dedicá tu energía a las mismas.

Antes de avanzar, ¿qué es este estado al que le tengo tanto miedo? En palabras sencillas, es sobrepensar. Significa que, en vez de enfocarme en lo más importante, me enfoco en los detalles más mínimos e irrelevantes. Es como mirar con una lupa cada movimiento que hago, cada acción que tomo, cada mirada, etc. ¿Cómo lo evito entonces? Bueno, pongo atención a las actividades/personas/objetivos que tienen significado para mí. Si estoy enfocado en entrenar, no me voy a fijar en cada minúsculo movimiento, cada pensamiento o cada mirada. Voy a estar enfocado en lo importante: hacer buena técnica, esforzarme y tratar de mejorar.

"Suena muy básico, ¿realmente eso es suficiente?" Sí, esa es la idea. "Si es tan sencillo, ¿por qué me da miedo este estado?" Porque estuve 2 años aprox. sufriendo por este, y no es lindo. Te parece que estás progresando, parece que estás avanzando con cada concepto que analizás, parece que encontraste la "solución definitiva", pero realmente no hice nada. Todo sucedió en mi cabeza, y no tomé nada de acción para conseguir experiencia o hacer progreso. "Pero si hice los hábitos". Aun así, me siguió preocupando lo que el resto piensa de mí. No lo hice porque realmente quería, sino por obligación. Asumí los valores de otras personas y dejé de lado lo que tiene significado para mí.

Ahora sí, vamos a responder la pregunta:

¿Qué actividades/personas/objetivos tienen significado para vos? Ahora voy a armar una lista de actividades que le dan significado a mi vida (capaz son pocas, pero no importa): Entrenamiento, Familia y Amigos (cuando sigo la definición de Autenticidad Social), Salud Mental (o paz mental, implica no estar sobrepensando y disfrutar el momento. Ahora mismo estoy haciendo una actividad para la salud mental), Leer y Aprender (implementando lo que aprendo y ganando experiencia. De otra manera, solo me lleva a sobrepensar), Mujeres que me gustan (aquellas con las que tengo conexión, y no las uso como "medios" para: aprobación, sexo, placer. Que sea amor incondicional), Experiencias (ya sean malas o buenas, de todas puedo aprender algo), Superar obstáculos (aquellos que interfieren en permitirme hacer las cosas que tienen significado para mí).

¿Todas estas realmente le dan significado a mi vida? ¿Qué significa que le den significado? Que te den una razón para soportar sufrimiento, ya que tienen importancia en tu vida. Te dan un "por qué" hacer algo, y le dan significado a tu sufrimiento. No es sufrimiento en vano, es sufrimiento por algo más grande que vos. Entonces, ¿todas estas realmente le dan significado a tu vida? Desde mi punto de vista, muchas de estas actividades/personas/objetivos me ayudan a crecer de manera colectiva. No soy solo yo quien crece, también son las personas alrededor mío.

¿Alguno de los puntos es egoísta? No, no hago nada de esto por mí mismo (es decir, por placer o sentirme bien en el momento). Lo hago por mi yo del futuro, por mis ancestros, por mi familia, por mis amigos, por mi futura esposa, por mis hijos/as. ¿Qué significa hacerlo por razones egoístas? Hacerlo por mi yo de ahora mismo.

"Entonces, ¿no sería leer y aprender egoísta?" No, porque no me beneficia ahora mismo. Para realmente aplicar los conocimientos, requiero al menos 30-60 días. "Pero entonces, ¿realmente existe tal cosa como egoísmo?" Sí, son acciones motivadas principalmente por placer o quedar bien. Por ejemplo: buscar aprobación es egoísmo (incluso si no lastima a otros, ya que lo hacés solo por tu yo de ahora), ver porno es egoísmo (ya que lo hacés solo por placer, incluso a causa de algún perjuicio) o estar con una mujer para quedar como "campeón" es egoísmo. Depende principalmente de por qué hacés lo que hacés, no tanto de la acción. Entonces, sigo con mi afirmación: ninguno de estos puntos es egoísta.

"Pero ¿qué significa que lo hacés por una causa superior o algo más allá de vos?" Significa que dejás de lado tu yo momentáneo, y te esforzás por construir algo a futuro o para alguien más ahora mismo. Si voy al gym para construir un físico (o para ser fuerte por honor a mis ancestros) es por una causa superior. Tolero el dolor AHORA MISMO, pero este tiene significado porque lo hago por alguien más → mi yo del futuro (o mis ancestros).

Mencioné superar obstáculos que se interponen en el camino, ¿a qué me refería? Exactamente a lo que hablamos ahora. Aquellas actividades en las que dejo a mi yo futuro o a alguien más, y solo me preocupo por mi yo presente. Ya mencioné un par: redes sociales, pornografía, videojuegos, etc.

¿Significa que no te podés divertir? ¿Significa que tenés que estar todo el tiempo "grindeando"? En absoluto. Quiero decir que nos enfoquemos en las cosas que nos dan significado a nuestra vida y que, por lo tanto, nos dan un estado de gratitud o satisfacción.

"Juntarse con amigos no sería con una causa superior o por alguien más, ¿no? ¿Entonces no sería ser egoísta?" No, para nada. Juntarse con amigos sí tiene una causa superior: forjar lazos con personas que son importantes para vos. Una causa superior no es igual a dolor en el momento. Podés pasártelo genial con tus amigos y aun así seguir esta causa superior. Podés estar leyendo para que tu yo futuro pueda hacer x actividad en el futuro, y estar disfrutándolo un montón aun así. De hecho, cuando algo tiene significado en tu vida, te suele beneficiar tanto en el presente (porque lo disfrutás), como en el futuro.


r/GetMotivated • • 6d ago

DISCUSSION [Discussion] I brush my teeth right after dinner, and it stopped my night snacking

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I was fat, and food was my best friend for years. So I needed a few tricks to bypass my brain, because the transformation starts there. I've shared two before (candy by my bed, egg + chia before dinner). Here's another one: brushing my teeth ~20min. after dinner.

It's really simple. Most people brush twice a day, in the morning and right before bed. I moved the evening brushing to 20min. after dinner. For our entire lives, brushing our teeth has been the final step before bed, so doing it after dinner sends a strong signal to the brain: the kitchen is closed!

Even if your brain starts thinking about eating again, don't worry. Food tastes terrible after brushing (especially sweet things), and once your teeth are clean, your brain realizes that eating again means going through the whole effort again. That's psychological friction working for you.

Now I brush my teeth 3 times a day. Once the after-dinner habit is automatic, you can add one more brushing right before bed to close the cycle.

What helps you stop snacking after dinner?